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I PUMP. No. 285,241. Patented-Sept. 18, 1888.

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JOHN B. DRAKE, orcosnnn, INDIANA.

PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,241, dated September 18, 1883.

Application tiled April 21, 1883. (No modehl To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. DRAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 oi the drawings is a side view of a pump, showing my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe (lllP-Vtl-lVG. Fi 3is a horizontal section. Fig. i is a side view of the same, and 5 is a detail view of the rod.

This invention has relation to drips tor pumps, to prevent thewatcr from freezing in the stock ofthe ,pump in cold weather; and it consists in the construction and novel arrange ment of devices, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim an pended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, designates a portion of, the pumpstock extending both above and below the well-platform. This stock may be either of wood or metal, but is preferably made of wood, owing to the cheapness of construction. A drip or leak for pump-stocks is not broadly new, as I have applied them to pumps before; but the construction hereinafter set forth is an improvement on those formerly used.

The drip-pipe, outlet-pipe, or escape-pipe b may be threaded and screwed into the stock a; or it may beplain and driven into the perforation made for its reception. The horizon tal portion a is tubula and a plug, (1, closes its. outer end, the plug (I being removable, to enable the attendant to clean the drip attachment when it becomes choked or clogged by dirt or from other causes. The head 0 of the drip attachment is provided with vertical reeesses f fone in each side-and a vertical discharge or outlet, on itslower side. A stirrup, h, is provided with the arms 17, which fit the recesses f f. and a separable collar, 7c, at its 1 lower end carries a rubber or other stopper, Z, its upper and lower ends being preferably circular and connected by a stem, m, the whole in the form of an ordinary sleeve-button or oollarstud, the collar kengaging the stem be tween the top and base. A rod, n, extends from the stirrup h upward to a horizontal le-- ver, 0, fulcrumed at p to the side of the pumpstock.

A vertical rack, q, is secured to the side of the pump-stock in a position to engage a knifeedge near the forward end of the lever 0, which is located a short distance below the pump spout r, and a spiral spring, 8, is secured by a staple, t, to the pump-stock in a position that its lower end may be looped over the outer end of the lever 0 when it is desired to close the drip or leak. The rack is intended to take the pressure from the spring and to determine the amount of opening given to the drip when it is to remain open, so that the escape of the water from the pumpstoek may be regulated.

One of the arms of the stirrup may be broken away to facilitate the adjustment of the stirrup in the recesses in the head of the drippipe.

In winter, when there is danger of the water freezing in the pump-stock, it is only necessary to remove the lower end of the spiral spring from the outer end of the lever, and the rubber stop will drop down from the escapetube and permit the water to run out.

Instead of the lever hereinbefore described, an eye, '11., may be screwed into the pump-stock and be provided with an internal knife-edge, and through this eye the upper end the connecting-rod may extend and be provided with a rack and hook end, the latter to engage the spiral spring- Either method will serve to efi'ectually close the drip when desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a drip for pumps, the combination, with the recessed tube having the removable plug and the escape, of the stirrup having the col-' lar and stopper at itslower end, the connectingrod, and the lever rack and spring, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. DRAKE.

Witnesses:

J. M. BARNS, MITCHELL CHAMBY. 

